tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44205182497525058622018-03-05T23:00:53.122-08:00SheepleFollowing Pioneer Woman's followers like a bad smell...Snarky Suenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420518249752505862.post-27106259029672390652011-06-16T02:09:00.000-07:002011-06-16T02:09:31.646-07:00Where sane meets insane...Who doesn't like a good non-physical cat fight? &nbsp;Who doesn't like a good cat fight over a non-recipe involving 2 cubes of butter, a loaf of french bread and a broiler? &nbsp;In all it's grossness, this battle between wits and nit-wits ensued over<a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/09/the-bread/"> "The Bread"</a> non-recipe posted on Pioneer Woman Cooks. <br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>It all started with Bekah... &nbsp;</b></span><br /><br /><br />Bekah On Friday, September 17 at 11:05 am<br />I love this blog, and I love gazing at pictures of stuffed french toast and creamy pasta. But sometimes I think the almost <u><b>violent overuse of butter or mayo or cream</b></u><b><u>, etc., just gets gratuitou</u></b><u><b>s</b></u>. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(Emphasis mine. &nbsp;Best line EVER!)</span></b> I know that there are obnoxious super-healthy no-butter vegan cooks out there, and they do come off a little holier than thou and unrealistic. But I think this strain of “yes I will eat an entire stick of butter and damn you for cringing!” is another species of food snobbery that is kind of damaging. Both approaches are extremes. When I see a “salad” that involves cups of sugary mayo/sour cream spread over the top, I think it looks just plain scary–and I appreciate the virtues of real ice cream and homemade apple pie and the use of butter over margarine when baking. I would never substitute applesauce for oil, but come on–there has to be a balance! Butter and cream should not be swords with which we assert our devotion to “real” or “wholesome” food. And as much as I love butter, I’m not going to make this bread, because I love my arteries more!<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Responses...</b></span><br /><br />Ivy On Friday, September 17 at 11:46 am<br />Right on, Beka! Well said!<br />“Moderation in all things, including moderation.”<br />(One of my favorite quotes.)<br /><br />Marie On Friday, September 17 at 11:47 am<br />Hmmm….maybe you shouldn’t be reading this blog then. &nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>(Rawr.)</b></span><br /><br />Jane On Friday, September 17 at 12:20 pm<br />This amount of butter is obscene and when I read these types of recipes I cringe – just as I do when watching gratuitous violence on TV! PERFECT analogy.<br /><br />Jane On Friday, September 17 at 12:22 pm<br />Marie, believe it or not, it is not a crime to express an opinion that differs from your own. ‘Mind your own business’ pops into mind when I read your comment.<br /><br />Sue On Friday, September 17 at 1:48 pm<br />This isn’t amusing even in a “tee hee aren’t we bad” way. Smearing ridiculous amounts of butter on a store-bought loaf of bread isn’t a recipe.&nbsp;The constant overuse of cream, butter, lard, mayo, sugar, etc. is a huge turn-off. I’m far from a fat nazi but this has become just ridiculous. That non-recipe isn’t “rich”. It’s gross.<br />This is insulting, Ree.<br /><br />rose On Friday, September 17 at 2:24 pm<br />ree, i must agree with these folks (but not marie). i love your entire website and have no intention of “quitting” your food blog just because one post turns me off. i frequently use butter, olive oil and full fat ingredients to cook/bake with, however i don’t think combining bread and butter is a recipe (as one reader asked, is it just burned toast?). not every post has to be cookbook worthy, and certainly there must be days when you don’t have anything new to blog about or show your readership, but this post seems like you wanted/needed to be active but had nothing to say. and sadly, the quantity of butter is over the top…its excess without purpose. almost seems like a waste of butter.<br /><br />anna On Friday, September 17 at 4:59 pm<br />Not to spark an argument: Do you not see how small the individual servings are? If this is spread between 12 people, they get less than 2 T of butter per serving. Even if you eat more than that, it’s still less fat than you get in pie crust. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(Every Anna I've known in my life has always been a peacemaker. &nbsp;For once, I'd like just one of them to get their nasty on and kick some ass.) &nbsp;</span></b><br /><br />Abby @ They Lend Me Their Hearts On Friday, September 17 at 5:28 pm<br />I’m sorry, but if you don’t like it, don’t make it. This is Ree’s blog, and she can put whatever she feels like putting on here. This isn’t a public service blog, it’s a personal blog about the food she makes. She’s also feeding an extremely active and hard working family, and if you look at her pictures, none of them have a weight issue that anyone needs to be concerned about. &nbsp;<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(It's highly doubtful that Ree is actually cooking this kind of food and serving it to her family. &nbsp;It's doubtful she's even cooking for her blog posts--one of her hired hands is probably cooking and posting for her. &nbsp;Think about what she claims to be doing in her life and explain to me how it all gets done. &nbsp;Occam's Razor--the simplest explanation is probably the correct one. &nbsp;Just saying.)</span></b> <br /><br />Kathleen On Friday, September 17 at 6:45 pm<br />Wow… Bekah, Sue and Rose… express your dislike for the amount of butter, but no need to go into a lecture, scold or make suppositions about how Ree must be out of things to say! &nbsp;How insulting of you to visit Ree’s site and seeing a recipe you don’t like, feel it necessary to trash her decision to make this and post it for all to enjoy. &nbsp;How about “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all!! &nbsp;<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">(Kathleen... be the change you want to see and shut the fuck up.) </span></b><br /><br />Chris On Friday, September 17 at 8:59 pm<br />Wow, talk about harsh. If you don’t like Ree using so much butter, I’m sure she could give you other options on what to do with your two sticks of butter — but she’s too kind. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">&nbsp;(I'm pretty sure that your comment violated something...) &nbsp;</span></b><br /><br />rose On Sunday, September 19 at 10:20 am<br />wow abby, kathleen and chris – you sound like comment board mommies. ree is a big girl – she can stand up for herself. and my guess is she doesn’t need to…we all love her/her food/writing. but we can say whatever we like as long as it is not profane…and even then, profanity usually isn’t a big deal on here i gather.<br /><br />Hannah On Sunday, September 19 at 8:06 pm<br />Kathleen and Chris, you are incredibly defensive. Harsh? Have you been to other parts of the internet? Bekah (and the others who expressed similar opinions) were completely civil. It’s an interesting debate, and one that you shouldn’t censor. And if Ree has any interest in the relationship between food and culture/society, then she won’t want to censor it either.<br /><br />elliot On Monday, September 20 at 3:14 pm<br />Wow, gotta agree with Bekah. Beautifully said (my guess is she is some kind of professional food writer in disguise). &nbsp;As a side note, I have to enjoy the reverse troll move in the follow-up comments. Bekah makes civil critique, and within minutes <u><b>obsequious troll automatons</b></u> circle the wagons around Ree. Sigh. Total agreement is not the touchstone of conversation (and indeed, most of the conversations worth having begin with a disagreement forthrightly expressed). <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">&nbsp;(LOVE IT! &nbsp;He made my hiney tingle.)</span></b><br /><br />Jay On Wednesday, September 22 at 7:46 pm<br />I think Anna made a valid point, too, guys &amp; gals.&nbsp;Those slices are far smaller than you see on the average dinner table, in my experience. I admit, my eyes widened in shock when I read 1 whole stick of butter per HALF loaf. It seemed like a heck of a lot to me, and I’m no “low fat ingredients only” home cook. If you ate a whole loaf (or an entire half of a loaf) I’m sure an artery or two would be beginning to steadily block up. However, a couple of small slices? Not that bad, in my opinion. &nbsp;I really think that the portion size is the main issue here if you, of your own free will, make this bread for you and yours… Not the butter itself.<br /><br />Kathleen On Saturday, September 25 at 11:08 am<br />elliot…. to quote from Behah’s comment: “violent overuse of butter … just gets gratuitous”<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Amen...and amen. </b></span><br /><div><br /></div>Snarky Suenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420518249752505862.post-77314884107865085262011-06-16T01:09:00.001-07:002011-06-16T01:11:53.181-07:00Because I can.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mQrjhHesNek/TfmGXGSQ1lI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Lel0bRhxGM4/s1600/motivator6f9843b6460fe65ce36990553e10e6d4876a235c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mQrjhHesNek/TfmGXGSQ1lI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/Lel0bRhxGM4/s640/motivator6f9843b6460fe65ce36990553e10e6d4876a235c.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Share your caption!</div>Snarky Suenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420518249752505862.post-236633451786623092011-06-15T22:11:00.000-07:002011-06-16T01:24:20.147-07:00Butter... butter... butter...Comments regarding Pioneer Woman using 121 pounds of butter during filming her Food Network in blog post named, "<a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/blog/2011/06/butter-the-harsh-and-delicious-reality/">The harsh (and delicious) Reality</a>". <br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Category: &nbsp;WTF?? &nbsp;</span></b><br /><br />Joyce On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:28 am<br />My daughter tells me that when I die she is having my headstone engraved “SHE ATE TOO MUCH BUTTER”.<br /><br />Sonia On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:29 am<br />I don’t know whether to air high-five you or shed a proud tear! I love butta!<br /><br />marla rae On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:36 am<br />Good grief Butter McButterson!!!<br /><br />Debbie in Peculiar MO On Wednesday, June 15 at 11:10 am<br />Butter and salt are my two favorite food groups.<br />Butter comes from the gods, directly through the butter churn.<br />When I was little, I used to steal pats of butter when Mama was cooking, and run to the living room and eat it by the front door. I don’t know why. It was fun. I stole a chunk of raw potato once. It needed butter. And salt.<br /><br />sarah w On Wednesday, June 15 at 11:36 am<br />holy moly! that is more butter then i weigh? could you imagine a stick size me made out of butter?? too funny.<br /><br /><br />tj On Wednesday, June 15 at 1:03 pm<br />…Gosh, after reading about all that butter it makes me dream of laying down in a bed of butter…oooooo… ;o) I love butter. I love to eat it, bake with it, shoot – I would slather it on my skin if people didn’t think of me as creepy…lol &nbsp;) Yeah Ree, I think you may have broken a world record or something. I’d check into that if I were you… &nbsp;)<br />…Thank you for the contest, it was fun! 121 lbs. of butter…I never would’ve imagined it!<br />…Butter Blessings<br /><br />Sara On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:29 am<br />Recently, well over three months I held a fundraiser so I could go to a Church Workers conference and well, over the course of that time I probably used close to 75lbs of butter, and let’s just say I thought THAT was a lot!<br />Sara<br /><br />jodi On Wednesday, June 15 at 11:07 am<br />butter unhealthy?!! everything in moderation. I’d say more but my memaw always taught me “if ya can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all”.<br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Category: &nbsp;Ass kissing</b></span><br /><br />Michele On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:31 am<br />We’ll have to start calling you Paula Deen Junior!<br /><br />Sarah On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:50 am<br />I take my hat off to you ma’am, and hope someday I can be just like you. Except I want to use an equal amount of heavy cream at the same time.<br /><br />Lisa On Wednesday, June 15 at 12:09 pm<br />PW,<br />Thank you for your oasis of sanity in an otherwise whacky world. Butter, and lots of it, makes me smile, as does all your well-deserved success.<br />Thank you for the love and truth you put into sharing your life as PW. You are my hero(ine).<br />XxxLisa<br /><br />Valerie On Wednesday, June 15 at 12:35 pm<br />Hey Ree,<br />Did you know that butter is actually GOOD FOR US? SO not what we’re brainwashed into believing! Butter includes vitamins A, D, K2,and E. It also contains lecithin, iodine and selenium as well as manganese, chromium, zinc, and copper!<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Category: &nbsp;Randomness</b></span><br /><br />Kate On Wednesday, June 15 at 11:40 am<br />Deep fried butter is the newest offering at the Wisconsin State Fair…<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Category: &nbsp;Sane </span></b><br /><br />Ashley Boyd On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:40 am<br />Out of curiousity, I googled how many calories were in a stick of butter to see how many you used during the last two weeks. &nbsp;808 calories per stick x 484 sticks = 391,072 calories. Whoa!<br />(Not to be a buzz kill… )<br /><br />Anthony from CharismaticKid On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:52 am<br />This is incredibly unhealthy. You should be ashamed of yourself for glorifying being a glutton.<br /><br />cathy On Wednesday, June 15 at 10:55 am<br />What I want to know is what did the other residents of Pawhuska do after you bought all the butter in town?<br /><br />Danette Doucette On Wednesday, June 15 at 11:04 am<br />I was trying to imagine what one would cook in that amount of time that would use that amount of butter and I gotta tell ya I am honoured to say that I know someone who accomplished such a feat. I figured there might have been some sort of ritualistic butter baptisms or something. WOW.<br /><br />Erin On Wednesday, June 15 at 11:47 am<br />I’m not sure I can ever think of you the same way again. It will take some time.<br /><br />Kristen On Wednesday, June 15 at 12:09 pm<br />I just wonder, was all the food you prepared actually eaten? Cause 121 pounds of butter is sure a lot. seems wasteful to me….even for just a tv show.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Reply to Kristen: <br />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Susan On Wednesday, June 15 at 12:25 pm<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wow…what a Debbie Downer…<br /><br />Ms. Murphy On Wednesday, June 15 at 1:11 pm<br />Butter is great stuff but- Hello- it is the 21st Century and we all know what too much butter does to our arteries – get a clue and get off the massive use of butter, try substituting with 1/2 butter, 1/2 applesauce in a oatmeal cookie recipe – it works great and is healthy!<br /><br />Cryssy On Wednesday, June 15 at 1:51 pm<br />I find it scary that you used as much butter as this mother of two weighs!<br /><br />Gwen On Wednesday, June 15 at 3:19 pm<br />I am shocked an disgusted by this! 121 lbs?! I thought I was being ridiculous with 21.<br /><br />Niteowl Nancy On Wednesday, June 15 at 5:55 pm<br />If another foodblogger so kindly helped to feed the crew, my burning question is “Who ate all that foodthat you cooked?!” Wowzers!<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Category: &nbsp;LOL</span><br /><br />Helen H. On Wednesday, June 15 at 1:18 pm<br />Also something to consider next time is maybe just buying the butter sculpture from the fair to use. I’ve seen a cow, Elvis, and assorted other buttery effigies (sp?). Might save some time unwrapping and would add a lovely decorative touch to your kitchen while you cook<br /><br />goosefeathers On Wednesday, June 15 at 12:21 pm<br />Holy Cows ! Holy Herds of Dairy Cows !<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Note from Snark: &nbsp;1 pound of body fat = 3500 calories. &nbsp;Ree used the equivalent of 112 pounds of body fat in butter to shoot her food network show. &nbsp;</b></span>Snarky Suenoreply@blogger.com0